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The Birds of Catapú The Birds of Catapú Welcome to Catapú in Sofala Province, an area which has remained well-forested despite road construction and increased pressure by people living in poverty. A hotspot for bio-diversity, centre of flora, mammal, bird and insect research, including the unique TCT Catapu Cheringoma Herbarium. M’phingwe specials include: African Pitta, Southern Banded Snake-eagle, Chestnut-fronted Helmet-shrike, Green-backed Woodpecker, White-chested Alethe…Walk the Suni Trail to discover the trees and birds of Catapú Birds with an * are those recorded on Catapú, those in bold have been seen in the immediate vicinity. Unformatted birds are bound to be in the area, but to our knowledge, have not yet been recorded. This list was compiled by Ian Riddell, head of BirdLife Zimbabwe’s Regional Atlas and Rarities Committee. It includes data provided by Geoff Lockwood, Etienne Marais, Greg Davis, Vincent Parker, the Mutare Bird Club, BirdLife Zimbabwe and many others. We are still compiling, so if you see something we haven’t recorded, please let us know by dropping Ian a line to Ian Riddell at [email protected]. Happy Birding! Suni Trail: ca 2.5 hours for the full trail, 1 hour for the shortcut River Tissadze M’phingwe -18.040517° 35.202511° -18.042442° 35.213645° Shortcut 3 3 Catapu Pan -18.042555° 35.221121° Herbarium & Mill -18.044573° -18.045334° 35.210592° 35.206228° River Tissdze Species Species Akalat, East Coast Sheppardia gunningi Bishop, Yellow Euplectes capensis *Alethe, White-chested Alethe fuelleborni Bittern, Dwarf Ixobrychus sturmii Apalis, Black-headed Apalis melanocephala Bittern, Little Ixobrychus minutus *Apalis, Rudd’s Apalis ruddi *Boubou, Tropical Laniarius aethiopicus *Apalis, Yellow-breasted Apalis flavida *Broadbill, African Smithornis capensis Avocet, Pied Recurvirostra avosetta *Brownbul, Terrestrial Phyllastrephus terrestris B Brubru Nilaus afer *Babbler, Arrow-marked Turdoides jardineii *Bulbul, Dark-capped Pycnonotus tricolor *Barbet, Black-collared Lybius torquatus Bunting, Cabanis’s Emberiza cabanisi *Barbet, Crested Trachyphonus vaillantii Bunting, Golden-breasted Emberiza flaviventris Barbet, White-eared Stactolaema leucotis *Bush-shrike, Gorgeous Telophorus viridis *Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus *Bush-shrike, Grey-headed Malaconotus blanchoti *Batis,Chin-spot Batis molitor Bush-shrike, Olive Telophorus olivaceus *Batis, Pale Batis soror Bush-shrike, Orange-breasted Telophorus sulfureopectus *Batis, Woodwards’ Batis fratrum Bustard, Black-bellied Eupodotis melanogaster *Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Merops persicus Buttonquail, Kurrichane Turnix sylvaticus *Bee-eater, European Merops apiaster *Buzzard, European Honey- Pernis apivorus *Bee-eater, Little Merops pusillus *Buzzard, Lizard Kaupifalco monogrammicus *Bee-eater, Madagascar Merops superciliosus *Buzzard, Steppe Buteo vulpinus *Bee-eater, Southern Carmine Merops nubicoides C Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed Merops hirundineus *Camaroptera, Green-backed Camaroptera brachyura Bee-eater, White-fronted Merops bullockoides *Camaroptera, Grey-backed Camaroptera brevicaudata *Bishop, Black-winged Euplectes hordeaceus Canary, Brimstone Crithagra sulphuratus Bishop, Southern Red Euplectes orix *Canary, Lemon-breasted Crithagra citrinipectus 1 Birds of Catapú and environs 2 Species Species *Canary, Yellow-fronted Crithagra mozambicus *Cuckoo, Common Cuculus canorus Cisticola, Croaking Cisticola natalensis *Cuckoo, Diderick Chrysococcyx caprius *Cisticola, Rattling Cisticola chiniana Cuckoo, Jacobin Oxylophus jacobinus *Cisticola, Red-faced Cisticola erythrops *Cuckoo, Klaas’s Chrysococcyx klaas *Cisticola, Rufous-winged Cisticola galactotes *Cuckoo, Lesser Cuculus poliocephalus *Cisticola, Short-winged Cisticola brachypterus Cuckoo, Levaillant’s Clamator levaillantii *Cisticola, Zitting Cisticola juncidis Cuckoo, Madagascar Cuculus rochii Cormorant, Reed Phalacrocorax africanus *Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuculus solitarius Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus Cuckoo, Thick-billed Pachycoccyx audeberti Coucal, Black Centropus grillii *Cuckooshrike, Black Campephaga flava *Coucal, Burchell’s Centropus burchelli Cuckooshrike, Grey Coracina caesia *Coucal, Senegal Centropus senegalensis *Cuckooshrike, White-breasted Coracina pectoralis Courser, Bronze-winged Rhinoptilus chalcopterus D Crake, Black Amaurornis flavirostris Darter, African Anhinga melanogaster Crake, Corn Crex crex Dove, African Mourning Streptopelia decipiens Crane, Grey Crowned Balearica regulorum dove, Blue-spotted Wood- Turtur afer Crane, Wattled Bugeranus carunculatus *dove, Cape Turtle- Streptopelia capicola *Crombec, Long-billed Sylvietta rufescens *dove, Emerald-spotted Wood- Turtur chalcospilos *Crombec, Red-faced Sylvietta whytii *Dove, Laughing Streptopelia senegalensis *Crow, Pied Corvus albus Dove, Lemon Aplopelia larvata *Cuckoo, African Cuculus gularis *Dove, Namaqua Oena capensis *Cuckoo, African Emerald Chrysococcyx cupreus *Dove, Red-eyed Streptopelia semitorquata *Cuckoo, Barred Long-tailed Cercococcyx montanus Dove, Rock Columba livia *Cuckoo, Black Cuculus clamosus *Dove, Tambourine Turtur tympanistria 3 Birds of Catapú and environs 4 Species Species *Drongo, Fork-tailed Dicrurus adsimilis Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Eremomela icteropygialis *Drongo, Square-tailed Dicrurus ludwigii F *Duck, Comb Sarkidiornis melanotos Falcon, Amur Falco amurensis Duck, Fulvous Dendrocygna bicolor Falcon, Red-necked Falco chicquera *Duck, White-faced Dendrocygna viduata Falcon, Sooty Falco concolor E Firefinch, African Lagonosticta rubricata *Eagle, African Crowned Stephanoaetus coronatus Firefinch, Jameson’s Lagonosticta rhodopareia *eagle, African Fish- Haliaeetus vocifer Firefinch, Red-billed Lagonosticta senegala *eagle, African Hawk- Aquila spilogaster Flufftail, Red-chested Sarothrura rufa eagle, Ayres’s Hawk- Aquila ayresii Flycatcher, African Dusky Muscicapa adusta eagle, Black-chested Snake- Circaetus pectoralis *flycatcher, African Paradise- Terpsiphone viridis Eagle, Booted Aquila pennatus *Flycatcher, Ashy Muscicapa caerulescens *eagle, Brown Snake- Circaetus cinereus *Flycatcher, Black-and-white Bias musicus Eagle, Lesser Spotted Aquila pomarina *Flycatcher, Blue-mantled Crested Trochocercus cyanomelas Eagle, Long-crested Lophaetus occipitalis *flycatcher, Grey Tit- Myioparus plumbeus *Eagle, Martial Polemaetus bellicosus *Flycatcher, Livingstone’s Erythrocercus livingstonei *eagle, Southern Banded Snake- Circaetus fasciolatus *Flycatcher, Pale Bradornis pallidus Eagle, Tawny Aquila rapax Flycatcher, Southern Black Melaenornis pammelaina *Eagle, Wahlberg’s Aquila wahlbergi *Flycatcher, Spotted Muscicapa striata Egret, Cattle Bubulcus ibis *Francolin, Crested [Kirk’s] Dendroperdix sephaena *Egret, Great Egretta alba G Egret, Little Egretta garzetta Gallinule, Allen’s Porphyrio alleni Egret, Yellow-billed Egretta intermedia Go-away-bird, Grey Corythaixoides concolor Eremomela, Green-capped Eremomela scotops Goose, African Pygmy- Nettapus auritus 5 Birds of Catapú and environs 6 Species Species Goose, Egyptian Alopochen aegyptiaca Heron, Black-headed Ardea melanocephala Goose, Spur-winged Plectropterus gambensis Heron, Goliath Ardea goliath *Goshawk, African Accipiter tachiro Heron, Green-backed Butorides striata Goshawk, Dark Chanting Melierax metabates Heron, Grey Ardea cinerea *Goshawk, Gabar Melierax gabar heron, Malagasy Pond- Ardeola idae Grass-warbler, Moustached Melocichla mentalis Heron, Purple Ardea purpurea Grebe, Little Tachybaptus ruficollis Heron, Rufous-bellied Butorides rufiventris *Greenbul, Sombre Andropadus importunus Heron, Squacco Ardeola ralloides *Greenbul, Tiny Phyllastrephus debilis *Hobby, Eurasian Falco subbuteo *Greenbul, Yellow-bellied Chlorocichla flaviventris Honeyguide, Greater Indicator indicator *Greenbul, Yellow-streaked Phyllastrephus flavostriatus Honeyguide, Lesser Indicator minor Greenshank, Common Tringa nebularia Honeyguide, Pallid Indicator meliphilus *Guineafowl, Crested Guttera edouardi *Honeyguide, Scaly-throated Indicator variegatus *Guineafowl, Helmeted Numida meleagris Hoopoe, African Upupa africana Gull, Grey-headed Larus cirrocephalus Hornbill, African Grey Tockus nasutus H *Hornbill, Crowned Tockus alboterminatus Hamerkop Scopus umbretta *Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Bycanistes brevis Harrier, African Marsh- Circus ranivorus *hornbill, Southern Ground- Bucorvus leadbeateri Hawk, African Cuckoo Aviceda cuculoides *Hornbill, Trumpeter Bycanistes bucinator *hawk, African Harrier- Polyboroides typus Hyliota, Southern Hyliota australis *Helmet-shrike, Chestnut-fronted Prionops scopifrons Hyliota, Yellow-bellied Hyliota flavigaster *Helmet-shrike, Retz’s Prionops retzii I, J *Helmet-shrike, White-crested Prionops plumatus Ibis, African Sacred Threskiornis aethiopicus Heron, Black-crowned Night- Nycticorax nycticorax Ibis, Glossy Plegadis falcinellus 7 Birds of Catapú and environs 8 Species Species *Ibis, Hadeda Bostrychia hagedash M *Jacana, African Actophilornis africanus *Malkoha, Green Ceuthmochares aereus K *Mannikin, Bronze Spermestes cucullatus Kestrel, Dickinson’s Falco dickinsoni Mannikin, Magpie Spermestes fringilloides Kestrel, Lesser Falco naumanni *Mannikin, Red-backed Spermestes bicolor *kingfisher, African Pygmy- Ispidina picta *Martin, Brown-throated Riparia paludicola *Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Halcyon albiventris martin, Common House- Delichon urbicum Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maximus Martin, Mascarene Phedina borbonica *Kingfisher, Grey-headed Halcyon leucocephala Moorhen, Lesser Gallinula angulata Kingfisher,
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